12-17-2021, 04:21 PM | #1 |
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Bought my 2022 M4 xDrive from Brian Jessel BMW on Nov 4.
Ordered in June, because they have a 2022 M4 xDrive that is on the production line already. After multiple delays, the car finally came in front me. Sent the car to wrapping shop for PPF immediately after came out from the dealership, then wrapping shop found a dust point on the driver side fender. I'm really upset to see this on a car with over $110k price tag, there wasn't any paint defect on my $40k Toyota! Contacted dealer and they said will do a warranty repaint for me, dropped my car to dealer this Monday, and yesterday they told me it is ready for pick up. Was really excited to see my car in perfect shape, no color difference, so I just drove the car home. Called the wrapper get ready to finish the last panel. At night, my wife took a good looking on the car and found out the hood gap on the right fender is wider than the left side! They think this is good enough for a M4 that has less than 800km on the dash?! Contact them again, the service advisor said the body shop refused my adjustment inquiry, and CLAIMED they didn't take off the fender. HOWEVER! I used myBMW app to took surrounding view pictures every day! And all the pictures show they did removed the fender for repaint! Very disappointed with BJ BMW because I paid $2-3k for PDI and they couldn't notice this before delivery, and the body shop, based on my experiences with BJ BMW and the myBMW GPS location history, No 1 Collision is the body shop that done the body work on my car, AVOID them if possible! They did a great paint job, but nothing can save a dishonest business! |
12-17-2021, 06:08 PM | #2 |
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Darn, sorry to hear that. The gap would drive me crazy... I think you might be able to adjust the hood a bit so it is centered but the dealership should take accountability for this... PDI was paid for a reason.
BTW, the matte ppf on white looks great! |
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Who did the PPF? Did you arrange it, or did BJBMW? My M3Cx came in this week and the dealership is handling arrangements for PPF+ceramic over the Santorini.
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12-17-2021, 11:23 PM | #4 |
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i dont see why the fender would have to be removed. Nobody removes a fender to refinish it. Bumper, hood, yes.
My concern and question is why repaint the entire fender for a dirt nib? All they had to do was sand it down and polish it. OE paints aren't perfect, there are more defects than people think. |
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12-18-2021, 01:25 AM | #5 |
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I cant believe that the car would have come like this from the factory. Have you seen the video of the factory, where they go over the car in bright lighting and fix everything? It's almost like this was damaged, in transit, and was repaired. Id believe that before I believed it came from the factory like that.
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From what I know about shipping damage, it's not reported anywhere.
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There are way too many wrapper on the market, it is kinda hard to find a good one. |
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I made more than 10 phone calls within a week to the dealer, then just had enough to keep calling them in my working hours. And decided to just let them repaint it then never go back to them. Thank! I really like the frozen white color, but due to the pandemic and the upcoming luxury tax, you just have to buy what you can get. Matte PPF wrapped on Alpine white looks close enough to frozen white |
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oh man...they tried to blame the thickness of the wrap??? Your wrap is about 0.2 mm thick...that SA needs a real kick in the head if he thinks the wrap is responsible for a gap that you can CLEARLY see in pictures.
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12-28-2021, 03:02 PM | #13 |
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Looks as though paint defects may be a touch more common these days. I discovered this when washing the car today.
Not really a big deal but I took it to the dealership for warranty inquiry. TBH I'm not even sure I will do anything about it. It's low enough on bumper that I don't even notice it unless I am looking right at it. I don't know if taking the entire bumper off, removing all of the PPF that's on it now, repainting the whole bumper, applying new PPF, reinstalling the bumper, recalibrating all of the driver assistance sensors, is worth it just for those two little marks. There are a lot of areas that mistakes could be made that could make it more trouble than it's worth. I even wonder if the PPF kept more paint from chipping off. |
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That's not a paint defect. You bumper was hit.
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Looks like flaking from being flexed. Maybe I'm wrong, it's definitely in a weird spot.
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